After Blue Tone won his second stakes in Sunday’s $80,200 Santana Mile at Santa Anita, trainer Bob Hess Jr. said he plans a local stakes campaign this spring and early summer for the 6-year-old gelding.
Weast Hill backed up an impressive debut last month with a quick stakes win Sunday, when he captured the $75,000 Rainbow at Oaklawn Park. Weast Hill won by 3 1/4 lengths over Comic Bird, while covering six furlongs in 1:09.85. It was another half-length back in third to We Be Stormin.
The Bob Baffert duo of American Pharoah and Dortmund are the favorites atop the fourth and final pool in the 2015 Kentucky Derby Future Wager that closed Sunday.
Efren Losa Jr.’s father was a successful trainer in Mexico, and watching the younger Losa’s horses run, it is quite evident one of the main things Losa Sr. passed on to his son was the importance of having his runners thoroughly prepared.
Celestine proved she was more than just a turf sprinter when stretching out to a mile to register a convincing 3 1/4-length victory over the 3-5 favorite Isabella Sings in Sunday’s $75,000 Sanibel Island Handicap for 3-year-old fillies at Gulfstream Park.
Aerovelocity won his second major stakes in the last five months in Sunday’s $1,658,831 Takamatsunomiya Kinen at about six furlongs at Chukyo, Japan.
Trainer Kiaran McLaughlin still is baffled by Frosted’s performance in the Grade 2 Fountain of Youth. Seemingly on his way to victory, Frosted stopped, eventually finishing fourth.A
Download a list of horses exiting races where two or more of the competitors have come back to win their next starts. Monday's report features races from Mountaineer Park, Mahoning Valley Racecourse, Parx Racing, Turf Paradise, and Will Rogers Downs.
Paul Eddery, the former British-based jockey who has worked as an exercise rider in Southern California recently, was taken into custody by immigration officials in El Paso, Texas, on March 23 following a trip to Sunland Park for the Sunland Park Derby.
Trainer Richard Mandella said he is unsure whether Catch a Flight will race in the $600,000 Oaklawn Handicap on April 11, the $1.5 million Charles Town Classic in West Virginia on April 18, or the $100,000 Precisionist Stakes at 1 1/16 miles on May 2.
